Grain shocker



July 1 1924.

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GRAIN SHOGKER Filed Oct. 21 1922 1 4 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR ATTORN EY Patented July 1, 192 2 wires srars JOHN LUNSFORD GILMORE, OF HOLDREDGE, NEBRASKA.

GRAIN SHOCKER.

Application filed October 21, 1922. Serial No. 596,070.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. GILMORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Holdredge, in the county of Phelps and State of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in Grain Shockers, of which the following is a specification. I

The object of this invention is to provide amachine for receiving grain from a binder and compressing it into standing shocks.

A further object is to provide, in a machine of this type, a receiving chamber formed between two rotatable convex disks mounted on either side of an element carrying V shaped wings radiating from a common axis, and spaced at angle of approximately ninety degrees, for the purpose indicated below, and stationary means for completing the receiving chamber and a chamber belovs the receiving chamber, having particular configuration. V

A still further object is to provide a .particular type of adjustable compression device. 7

With the foregoingand other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of elements described, illustrated and claimed, it being understood that modifications may be made, within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is atop plan view of the machine; Figure 2 is a front elevation; Figure 3 is a vertical section .on line 33 of Figure 1; Figure 4 is a vertical section on line 44 of Figure 1; Figure 5 is a vertical section on line 55 of Figure 2; Figure 6 is a vertical section on line 6-6 of the same view; Figure 7 is a section trans versely of shaft 33, and shows the adjustable elements dotted in the central portion of Figure 5; Figure 8 is a detail view show ing the mounting of the caster leg at the left of Figure 2.

The frame of the machine includes side bars 10, 11, the four uprights 13, 14, 15, 16, the upper horizontal transverse portions 17, 18, and the laterally and downwardly extending parallel bars 19, 20, for mounting the conveyor drums.

The conveyor includes an endless canvas or other form of belt, designated 22, carrying cleats 23 having spikes 24 thereon. The conveyor travels over drums 25, mounted on shafts such as 26, 27, one of which carries a pulley 28 driven by belt 29 passing around shown) pulleys 30, 31, and thence around pulley mounted on main shaft 33, is an elementcomprisinga hub portion 42 and four radial blades or vanes, such as 44, and having tapered edge port-ions for cooperation with the convex surfaces of the disks. The blades are approximately V-shaped, their narrow portions being toward the center. 7

Between each two blades I mount a pair of adjustable compression members each including a segmental portion 45 and a straight port-ion 46 adapted for adjustable connection with the adjacent blade by means of thumb screws and nuts, or other suitable devices. The slots 47 permit of this adjustment, and the segmental portions overlap to a variable extent according to the adjustment effected, as determined by the length of the bundle being formed.

The blades are retained in a given position by means of the spring mounted latch or look 50, controlled by a flexible device 51, from a point near the seat of the binder (not This device engages one of the blades and holds it in a vertical position while it constitutes one vertical wall of the receiving chamber for the grain coming from the binder. An adjacent horizontal blade constitutes the bottom wall, and the front wall is formed by a continuous plate 53, extending vertically and terminating on a level with the horizontal blade and there fore in line with the axial element of the rotary device between the disks. Side membore 54, 55, have segmental portions 56 in approximate contact with the surfaces of the disks, and extend to the horizontal blade.

Spring steel bars 58 curve downwardly from the lower edge of the vertical front wall 53, then rearwardly to a point beyond the lower vertical blade of the middle rotary element. The curvature conforms substantially to the curve of a segment of the disks, and an approximately quadrant shaped lower chamber is formed, into which the grain is discharged from, the receiving chamber, and from which the shocks are discharged at intervals.

The action of the compression members 45 in rolling over the top of the shock is to compress and press the butts of the bundles into the stubble. When the lock or latch 50 is released, the weight of the grain, and the friction between the confined grain and the adjacent surfaces, causesrthe grain, and the blades 44 to revolve together as one unit, with disks 35, 36.

What I claim is:

1. In a grain shocker, a pair of spaced rotary disks, a rotary element including radial blades, a shaft for mounting the disks and rotary element, the latter being intermediate of the disks, and stationary means completing side and front walls of compartments formed respectively above and below one of the blades when the latter is in a horizontal position.

2. In a grain shocker, a pair of spaced rotary disks having convex surfaces, oppositely located, a rotary element including blades, mounted between the convex surfaces of the disks, a shaft carrying the disks and rotary element, and means for completing a compartment between the disks when adjacent blades are in a horizontal and vertical position, respectively.

3. In a grain shocker, a pair of spaced rotary disks having convex surfaces, oppositely located, a rotary element between the disks and including blades the edges of which are adjacent to the convex surfaces, stationary means for completing a compartment between the disks and some of the blades, and means for temporarily locking the rotary element between the disks.

4. In a grain shocker, a pair of spaced rotary disks having convex surfaces facing toward each other, a shaft rigidly mounting the disks, an element including radial blades mounted loosely on the shaft be tween the disks, the blades being of reduced width toward the center of the rotary element, and devices cooperating with the blades for completing upper and lower compartments between some of the blades when one of them is in a horizontal posi tion.

5. In a grain shocker, a pair of spaced rotary disks having convex surfaces facing each other, a shaft rigidly mounting the disks, an element. loosely mounted on the shaft between the disks and including radial blades spaced apart ninety degrees, means for temporarily engaging one of the blades, and devices cooperating with the blades for completing compartments on opposite sides of one of the blades when in a horizontal position.

6. In a grain shocker, a pair of spaced rotary disks, a shaft mounting the disks, an element rotatable about the axis of the disks and including radial blades, adjustable compression members between each two blades and formed of overlapping curved elements, and means completing compartments between the disks and some of the blades.

7(In a grainshocker, a pair of spaced rotary disks, a rotary device including radial blades, mounted between the disks, a vertical wall extending transversely of the disks and in front thereof, the wall extending downwardly to a plane passing horizontally through the axis about which the disks rotate, and means extending downwardly from the wall and curved under the blades, the curvature substantially conforming to the curvature of the periphery of the disks.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN LUNS FORD GILMORE. 

